Shuchi Talati

Biography

Dr. Shuchi Talati is the Geoengineering Research Governance and Public Engagement Fellow in the Climate & Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Dr. Talati works to guide sound governance and public engagement for proposed geoengineering approaches to limit global warming. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Talati was the AAAS/AIP Congressional Science Fellow in the U.S. Senate specializing in climate and energy. Before working in Congress, she was a postdoctoral fellow in science policy at the American Meteorological Society, she served at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Obama Administration, and worked for various environmental non-profit organizations. Dr. Talati has a BS in environmental engineering from Northwestern University, an MA in climate and society from Columbia University, and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in engineering and public policy where her research focused on the climate-energy-water nexus.